Staff requests authorization to enter into a renewal contract with Resource Development and Associates (RDA) for evaluation services for the sixteen Mt. Diablo CARES After School Programs. RDA has served as the programs evaluator since 1999. Mt. Diablo CARES receives three grants, the California Department of Education’s After School Education and Safety (ASES) grant, the U.S. Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grant and the Network for Healthy California grant which require comprehensive annual evaluations to measure program implementation, effectiveness and student growth. RDA will also provide evaluation services to measure the effectiveness of Mt. Diablo CARES Supplemental Education Services (SES) program which offers tutoring to eligible students at schools identified as Program Improvement in year two or more. Mt. Diablo CARES has been an approved SES provider since 2003.

Funding:

Funding is provided by the California Department of Education’s After School Education and Safety (ASES) grant and the U.S. Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grant.

Fiscal Impact
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The contract is for $92,000. There is no unrestricted general fund contribution requirement. Program code 3871, 3156, 3165, 3160.